The Osceola times., 1887-04-23
TnE village Of Ainsworth Ia, was near.

TIE village OF Ainsworth, Ia, was near
ly destroyed by fire on the 18th.
The Secretary OF the NAVY has award
ed to the Bethlehem Iron Works Company
OF Pennsylvahia the contracts for furnish
ing about 400 tons Of steel gun forging
and 4,5O0 tons Of steel armor plates at
total cost of 4,5l2,9 93S. Its bid, though
not the lowest for the gun steel, was the
lowest In the aggreg gate for the Two ccn;
tracts,
EXPERIMENTS with the new cruiser At
lanta seem TO show that she Is quite up TO
contract requirements.
GREAT loss OF life is reported to have oc-
CURED on the coast Of Newfoundland dur
ing the storm on the 14th
4 stosa Of opposition is brewing ID tho
Canadian Parliament over tho govern
ment course on the fisheries trouble.
NiSE-GRowERs, sugar manufacturers
and wool growers of the Pac ic coast PC.
tit,on the ntef5tate ComiHerrj Comms-
sion Tor a suspension Of section 4.
TUE United States Coasul at Port-au-
Prince, Hayt, is reported 70 have warned
the English representatives, against seiZ.
/ ing the island Of Tortugas in settlement
Of the Hayiien debt Tho State Depart
ment has not heard of it, however
| H,LY the tovn q pcgu; fifty aight miles
northeast Of Rangoon, has been destroyed
by lire, which was presumably incsndiary.
Plots have been discovered among tho in-
habtants Of Upper Burmah and the
Dacoits TO burn tows in that section,
massacre Europeans aud proclaim new
| king,
| INDIANAPOLIS merchants met on tho
| 18th and resolved that the construction
/ fut ha T,,ta Il,
| by the railroads h I'd created more
| tyranical pool system than ever before
existed. They demand reforms aud re.
liefs from the commission.
TnE members of the French Cham Der Of
Deputies representing the fishing conslt
tuencies had an interview on the lhh
with NJ Flourens, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, aud protested against the New
foundland Fisheries bill, which they de-
clared was inimical to the interests Of
French fishermen. NJ Flourens promised
I to give the matter his serious attention.
| The French Government has or iere1 an
inquiry into the management OF the Cape
| Ally lighthouse, with a view to nscer-
| tanning II 1t Is true, as has becl alleged,
that its fOg-hcrn was only sounded after
the New Haven and D.epps packet Victo-
ria had struck the rocks during the re-
cent fog.
Tue extra military credits askel By the
German Go"ernment amount to 1900 900
marks. OF this, 10000 900 is for the in.
crease OF the army, IL, ,0010)o for new
equipments, and the remainder for STRAIT:
egir railways ana improvements In fort.
resses
Sr. LouIs had raised $4,000 up to the
evening OF the 10 h toward the entertain.
ment fund of the q. A. r. National en-.
campmcnt, to be held in September next.
HEzELMAN was tn, winner In the sew
enty-hour pedestrian contest at Law.
renee, Mass, which closed Oh the evening
OF the 10Th, with score Of I0l miles.
The charter OF the Louisiana Lottery
being about TO expire by Limitation, an
effort is being made by its promoters to
secure n franchise from the provincial
government OF Nova Scotia.
Tns Interstate Commerce Commission
Is Constantly dciugei with letters from
representatives OF various Interests
throughout the country complaining OF
hariships inflicted by the enforcement OF
tho act
Tnr Governor OF Colorado has issued G
quarantine proclamation against the i'm.
portation of cattle from Illinois, Ken
! luchy, MdTyldnu, vest virginia. ittb
ware, New Jersey New York, Massachu
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Missouri,
Kansas, Pennsylvania and the District oi
Columbia.
IT transpires that the arms furnished
most OF the British volunteer orglniza
tions during the past ten years have beer
worthless for practical use.
THE jury in the case of Arcnsdorf, OF
trial at Sioux City, Ia, for the Haddoci
murder disagreed and were discharged
TUE steamer Mariposa, from Honolulu
brings news that the Samoan islands anc
the Sandwich islands have formed polit
ical confederation.
OK the nth the Philadelphia Typograph
ical Union considered the question Of in
creasing the price of composition from
forty to forty five cents. IL was finally
decided to refer the matter 10 a spacia
committee.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has practically decided to grant no sus
pension of the long and short haul pro
vision, and those already granted will no
be renewed when the time IS out
A DISPATCH from Rome says; The Popt
approves the course of Cardinal Gibbons
and encourages him in his action will
reference to the Knights Of Labor Car
dinal Gibbons has secured tho adhcrenc'
of Cardinal Manning and will appeal t
other bishops for support